De Miñaur explains his improvement on clay court: "Now I understand"

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Alex De Miñaur is a player reborn on clay if we take his beginnings as a professional as a reference. Although Australians are not historically inclined to this surface, De Miñaur's ties to Spain are strong enough for him to show himself more than competitive against anyone in these conditions of the Masters 1000 Monte Carlo 2025, so different from, for example, the Australian Open courts.

With a Uruguayan father and a Spanish mother, Alex De Miñaur has lived most of his life in Alicante, where he adapted perfectly to clay courts with conditions similar to those he currently competes in at the Masters 1000 Monte Carlo or at the Conde de Godó Trophy. In Monaco, he is already in the semifinals, where he will face either Lorenzo Musetti or the defending champion, Stefanos Tsitsipas. Proud of himself after delivering a historic 6-0 6-0 to Grigor Dimitrov, he explained his improvement on clay in recent seasons.

- A level that is hard to reach

Clay court tennis is not easy to grasp, as it is more complex than what is typically seen on hard courts. Showing his best has not been easy for De Miñaur, taking years to achieve significant results on surfaces that resisted him. The semifinal he reached at the Conde de Godó 2022 perhaps marked a turning point in his clay court career, as he made a strong Carlos Alcaraz suffer, who he even had a match point against (6-7 7-6 6-4).

The Australian spoke to Tennis TV courtside after the historic victory over Dimitrov: "I had never won a match 6-0 6-0, I had lost one to Tommy Paul in the US Open Junior semifinals", Alex recalled, explaining his clay court shift: "I have very good sensations on clay, forgetting the problems I had at the beginning of my career. I now understand what I need to do to be better on this surface; I am very happy to feel increasingly competitive. Playing on clay is not about hitting hard but about varying heights, speeds, opening angles, and finding the balance between aggressiveness and consistency".

Alex De Miñaur's style of tennis did not fit at all on European clay, but he has qualities and physical characteristics to make it work. Only Tsitsipas or Musetti and Alcaraz or Alejandro Davidovich remain as rivals until the title. Could Alex De Miñaur be the dark horse?

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